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serial
[ seer-ee-uhl ]
noun
- anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Library Science. a publication in any medium issued in successive parts bearing numerical or chronological designation and intended to be continued indefinitely.
adjective
- published in installments or successive parts:
a serial story.
- pertaining to such publication.
- pertaining to, arranged in, or consisting of a series.
- occurring in a series rather than simultaneously:
serial marriage; serial murders.
- effecting or producing a series of similar actions:
The police think a serial killer is responsible for five homicides in this city last month.
- Computers.
- Music. of, relating to, or composed in serial technique.
serial
/ ˈɪəɪə /
noun
- a novel, play, etc, presented in separate instalments at regular intervals
- a publication, usually regularly issued and consecutively numbered
adjective
- of, relating to, or resembling a series
- published or presented as a serial
- of or relating to such publication or presentation
- computing of or operating on items of information, instructions, etc, in the order in which they occur Compare parallel
- of, relating to, or using the techniques of serialism
- logic maths (of a relation) connected, transitive, and asymmetric, thereby imposing an order on all the members of the domain, as less than on the natural numbers See also ordering
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ۾·· adverb
- ԴDz·۾· noun adjective
- non·۾·· adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of serial1
Example Sentences
In 2023, Lauren published “Behold the Monster: Facing America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer,” based on her interviews with serial killer Samuel Little.
With no DNA testing available in Gaza, each corpse was given a serial number.
It was alleged that McCarrick had been a serial abuser who attacked both adults and minors.
He is a product with a serial number, an object of capitalist technological “innovation” and a sociopathic ethos where profits are more important than people and life itself.
I’m a serial collaborator — the work never stops.
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